Purple Pilot, I obviously want to learn the skills, as everybody else. But my dream is to become an airline pilot, so I am interested in the fastest way (and I don't agree people with 200 h are not ready to fly an Airbus, because obviously they are, otherwise Lufthansa, BA and Air France wouldn't have cadet programmes).
The African Dude, I will say the same. Any other solution? What can we do? However it is, you will end up paying for everything and then you will desperate for flying. That's obvious. But it is for CTC cadets. and it is (much more) for any other frozen ATPL holder.
John Smith, their selection process (apart from the ones for BA, FlyBe, Lufthansa...) is one of the most demanding ones (many many other FTOs in Europe don't even have selection processes, in Spain for instance none of them have - apart from FTE, which is British actually). They have excellent results in the ATPL exams and have the best employment stats. Tell me, why is that pathetic?